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AI Won’t Fix Bad Thinking

By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News

Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — June 13, 2026

Some people think AI will make their work better no matter what. It won’t.

AI can help you write faster and organize ideas, but it cannot fix weak thinking. If your idea is unclear, your result will still be unclear. If your facts are wrong, AI can repeat those mistakes.

The tool follows your lead.

This is why checking your work still matters. You need to ask, “Does this make sense?” and “Is this true?” AI will not always catch that for you. Sometimes it sounds confident even when it is wrong.

That is a risk if you are not paying attention.

Think of AI like a mirror. It reflects what you give it. If you give it strong ideas, it helps you shape them. If you give it weak ideas, it makes them sound better than they are.

That can fool you if you are not careful.

The goal is not to let AI think for you. The goal is to use AI to support your thinking.

Better thinking still wins.

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For more from Cliff Potts, see https://cliffpotts.org

#AIRisks #ArtificialIntelligence #criticalThinking #digitalTools #highSchool #juniorHigh #technologySkills

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Eric Maugendre on collectives Jun 4

Two legal scholars assert that AI, by its very design, undermines democratic institutions, even when used properly.
They highlight three corrosive "affordances":
• atrophy of expertise,
• moral decisions short-circuited,
• social isolation, which undermines dissent and agency.

Woodrow Hartzog, Jessica Silbey (2026). "How AI Destroys Institutions" https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/4179/

#organizations #government #corporations #process #strategy #democracy #policy #sociology #institutions #administration #management #managers #executives #AIRisks #cognition #sociability #ethics

How AI Destroys Institutions

Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life. They are the mechanisms through which complex societies encourage cooperation and stability, while also adapting to changing circumstances. The real superpower of institutions is their ability to evolve and adapt within a hierarchy of authority and a framework for roles and rules, while maintaining legitimacy for the knowledge produced and the actions taken. Purpose-driven institutions built around transparency, cooperation, and accountability empower individuals to take intellectual risks and challenge the status quo. This happens through the machinations of interpersonal relationships within those institutions, which broaden perspectives and strengthen shared commitment to civic goals. Unfortunately, the affordances of AI systems extinguish these institutional features at every turn. In this essay, we make one simple point: AI systems are built to function in ways that degrade and are likely to destroy our crucial civic institutions. The affordances of AI systems erode expertise, short-circuit decision-making, and isolate people from each other. They are anathema to the kind of evolution, transparency, cooperation, and accountability that give vital institutions their purpose and sustainability. In short, current AI systems are a death sentence for civic institutions, and we should treat them as such.

Scholarly Commons at Boston University School of Law

World Briefly Jun 4

AI can now hack computers and copy itself to new machines, and scientists are not chill about it

https://worldbriefly.news/ai-can-now-hack-computers-and-copy-itself-to-new-machines-and-scientists-are-not

#AIsecurity #CyberThreats #AIRisks

Hacker News Jun 1

Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over AI risks

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/01/openai-hit-with-florida-lawsuit-00944215

#HackerNews #Florida #OpenAI #lawsuit #AIrisks #SamAltman #legalnews

David May 21

SpaceX has warned investors about the risks associated with its AI features, particularly those offered by its chatbot Grok, as the company moves forward with its IPO. Investors must carefully consider these risks, highlighting the importance of AI safety in the industry 🚀💻.

#DiscoverHeadlines #SpaceX #AIrisks...

SpaceX Warns of AI Risks Ahead of IPO

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Eric Maugendre on collectives May 17

Decision-makers are navigating on sight. Meetings do not consider the costs of unwinding decisions.

“Sixty-four percent said the fear of falling behind drives them to invest in technologies before they understand the value.”

“AI does not make bad executives worse. It gives them a faster way to prove they are bad.”

By Sarah Choudhary: https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2026/05/14/the-ai-layoff-bill-is-coming-due-and-ctos-are-going-to-pay-it-twice/

#validation #AIRisks #bias #cognitiveBias #technoCriticism #management #executives #strategy #growth #ai

The AI Layoff Bill Is Coming Due, And CTOs Are Going To Pay It Twice

Most of these decisions were not made by people who understood the limits of the technology.

Forbes

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Eric Maugendre on collectives May 16

The role of a "human in the loop" isn't to prevent errors. That human is there to be blamed for errors:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/30/a-neck-in-a-noose/#is-also-a-human-in-the-loop

#organizations #humanInTheLoop #AIRisks

Pluralistic: AI’s “human in the loop” isn’t (30 Oct 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Analyst207 May 15

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https://osintsights.com/autonomous-ai-exposes-gaps-in-enterprise-resilience-plans?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#AutonomousAi #EnterpriseResilience #OperationalRisk #InfrastructureSecurity #AiRisks

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